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Aeroflot, S7 and other Russian airlines had a long presence in Europe, but because of the sanctions they have not been allowed to land in the EU since 2022.
4 airlines
Scheduled airlines with a hub and connecting flights – usually on short-, medium- and long-haul routes.
Aeroflot
SU / AFL
Russia’s national airline with a hub at Moscow Sheremetyevo: once the largest airline in the world, today with an Airbus and Boeing fleet under sanctions and banned from EU airspace since 2022.
Transaero
UN / TSO
Historic Russian airline: founded in 1990 as the Soviet Union’s first private airline, later number two behind Aeroflot with Boeing 747s and 777s – and finished in October 2015.
All-cargo airlines, cargo subsidiaries and express services with their own freighters.
AirBridgeCargo
RU / ABW
Russia’s largest cargo airline flew Boeing 747 freighters between Asia, Russia, Europe and the US until 2022 – with stations such as Frankfurt, Amsterdam and Leipzig. Flight operations have been suspended since March 2022.
Volga-Dnepr Airlines
VI / VDA
The Russian heavy-lift airline from Ulyanovsk was the largest operator of the An-124 for decades and a regular in Leipzig. Since 2022 it has vanished from Western airspace – but you can still find its traces.
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